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United against Capital: Evening Lecture on Transnational Labour Solidarity with Nicolas Delalande
How worker solidarity crossed borders in the late 19th century will be the topic of the next Evening Lecture with Prof. Dr. Nicolas Delalande (Centre d'histoire, Sciences Po Paris). The event is titled "United against Capital. European Workers and the Practice of Transnational Labour Solidarity (c. 1860–1914)". It takes place online on November 30, 2020, and is organized by the Institute for European Global Studies in cooperation with the Department of History and the Basel Graduate School of History (BGSH).
In the late 19th century, European workers struggled to build transnational solidarity practices. The endeavour started with the foundation of the International Workingmen's Association in 1864, in a context marked by the increasing circulation of people, goods, and money. British, French, German, Swiss, and Italian workers would share information, coordinate strikes and demonstrations, and send money abroad when other workers were in need. But promoting international solidarity proved to be a tough challenge, as Nicolas Delalande will show in his lecture. The effort was ridden with potential tensions, misunderstandings, and failures. Delalande will demonstrate that the practice of internationalism was closely related with larger intellectual and political debates which shaped the history of European labour movements until World War One and beyond.
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Delalande is an associate professor at the Centre d'Histoire de Sciences Po in Paris. He holds a PhD from Paris 1 University. His research focus is on the history of the state and political economy in the contemporary era.
The Evening Lecture "United against Capital. European Workers and the Practice of Transnational Labour Solidarity (c. 1860–1914)" takes place online on November 30, 2020, at 18.15. It is organized by the Institute for European Global Studies together with Department of History of the University of Basel and the Basel Graduate School of History (BGSH). In order to participate, please sign up with Patricia Hertel.
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